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The impact of a Chinese invasion — or even blockade — of Taiwan would be felt around the world by governments, citizens, companies, and industries. Experts estimate an attempted invasion would decrease global GDP by 10 per cent, with a blockade having a significant but lesser impact. (For comparison, COVID-19’s impact reached just over three per cent of global GDP).
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It’s anticipated that sanctions would be applied against China, halting the supply of “made-in-China” products to Canada.
Estimates vary, but this could affect 20 to 40 per cent of all consumer goods in Canada, significantly disrupting life, slowing activity and crippling the consumer economy.
America would likely be drawn in to a cross-straits conflict, and western democratic nations would muster to aid the U.S. and Taiwan. Economies would shift to wartime profiles, freezing development and other objectives.
The situation would worsen beyond description if regional conflict spiralled into global war — on the one side Russia and China allied with nondemocratic states, and the democracies on the other.
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Canadians are not passive passengers on the planet. What happens in Taiwan will severely impact them. Canadians must take responsibility for our collective futures, and demand government action.
Canada is dealing with several security-related challenges — including North American continental defences that need modernizing and allies in Europe attempting to deter a combative Russia.
But it’s imperative that Canadians and their government also recognize the dangers of a conflict across the straits of Taiwan, and that Ottawa acts by rapidly providing capabilities and resources to deter China from escalating.
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When an article starts off with a fabrication like this:
Chinese leaders have given a deadline of 2027 to unify China and Taiwan.
You know it’s not a serious piece worth reading.
Either the author is purposely perpetuating a falsehood, or they don’t know what they’re talking about.
Last week I posted about how CBC used a far right guy to justify Pierre campaigning to override the Charter of Rights.
https://sh.itjust.works/comment/21708907
Same guy. https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/cm-expert/stephane-serafin/
Also since OP get kinda pissy if I don’t directly address the article. This is a shit take.
After a decade devoted to identity politics and policies, Canada now finds itself with a stagnating economy, a military in dire need of rebuilding, and a diminished ability to influence world events that directly impact its citizens.
This is the guy he posted yesterday:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Cooper_(journalist)
In September 2024, Cooper published a report in The Bureau claiming to show video evidence of Bill Majcher, a former RCMP undercover operative accused of assisting Chinese intelligence, meeting with drug trafficker Tse Chi Lop in a Macau casino. Journalist Nury Vittachi noted that the purported video footage actually was from the 2014 action-comedy movie From Vegas to Macau, starring Chow Yun-fat.[13] The article was subsequently retracted by Cooper.[14]
Yep. Scotty Sockpuppet doing his thing. Next step, accusations of “whataboutism.”
There are a lot of things that Canada must care about. Few Canadians want more and escalating violence.
But we’re going to have to take it as it comes. And worst comes to worst we lose whatever percent of GDP? Well, the bright side is that will take care of a good chunk of emissions output if it’s anything like the height of the COVID pandemic.
The climate crisis is another thing that Canadians must care about, for the survival of this planet.
Such pure evil.
imperative that Ottawa acts by rapidly providing capabilities and resources to deter China from escalating.
This is code for ensuring that a US puppetted Taiwan instigates a war on China. Taiwan president has already suppressed democracy for Zelensky-like unlimited warmongering bribery.
We can make clear that a war in Taiwan should be unnecessary for best interests for all. That ceasing/deescallating any violent conflict that rises up is best for everyone regardless of who initiates it.
As Canadians, we should first and foremost never assume that any war in the world isn’t forced by US or Israel. We most definitely should ask our politicians for more important things than pre-emptively meddling in policies that will be determined by US anyway. Genuine democracy and free speech would even allow individuals/independent media to choose any favorite side in a conflict independent of the preferred US propaganda, or only US stooges getting oped space.
No I don’t have to care about it. If Taiwan declared independence I’d care more but now they are still in their stupid civil war. And sure the Taiwanese people might not care but why haven’t the votes in a government that thought the same.
If there is an armed gunman having a psychotic break in your backyard, and a burglar breaking into your neighbours’s house across the street, who do you prioritize?
I’m not saying abandon Taiwan, but we have more important issues to deal with close to home.
More brilliant work from this source:
There was no right to strike until an activist Supreme Court invented it: Mark Mancini in the National Post
Woke and Green are departing the scene: Philip Cross in the Financial Post
What are good media sources in your view?
